House Committee on Veterans' Affairs


At far left, Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN) questions a panel about VA and DOD procurement policies. Next to him are Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Terry Everett (R-AL) and Counsel Kingston Smith. At right, Chairman Everett, Counsel Smith, and full VA Committee Chairman Bob Stump (R-AZ) listen as Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) makes a point.
First to testify was Kim Wincup, left, Vice Chairman of the Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance. Waiting to speak are Steve P. Backhus, Director, Veterans Affairs and Military Health Care Issues for the General Accounting Office’s Health, Education and Human Services Division; and Robert J. Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, Department of Defense.
Testifying on the final panel were, from left, Navy Captain Charles Hostettler, Director, DOD Pharmacy Programs, TRICARE Management Activity, Department of Defense; Gary J. Krump, VA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions and Material Management; Army Brigadier General Daniel Mongeon, Commander, the DOD’s Defense Supply Center in Philadelphia, and, speaking at right, John Ogden, Chief Consultant, Pharmacy Benefits Management Group, Veterans Health Administration.